Hospital Waiting Lists

1177. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the steps a person (details supplied) can take and the steps she will take to ensure they can access the surgery they require as quickly as possible; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38983/26]

1178. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the number of patients currently awaiting a first outpatient ophthalmology appointment at St. Conal’s Hospital, Letterkenny; the number awaiting follow-up ophthalmology appointments; the length of time patients have been waiting, by waiting time bands, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38984/26]

1179. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the reason ophthalmology waiting lists at St. Conal’s Hospital, Letterkenny are not published through the National Treatment Purchase Fund waiting list system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38985/26]

1193. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of patients removed from orthopaedic outpatient waiting lists through administrative validation in 2025, broken down by hospital, waiting-time band and reason for removal. [39036/26]

1194. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of patients removed from orthopaedic inpatient or day-case waiting lists through administrative validation in 2025, broken down by hospital, waiting-time band and reason for removal. [39037/26]

1195. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if an audit will be carried out to establish how many orthopaedic patients removed through administrative validation in 2025 were later re-presented or were re-referred for the same condition. [39038/26]

1196. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if the HSE or NTPF records the full waiting time from GP referral to completed orthopaedic procedure; and if not, if the absence of full-pathway waiting-time data has been assessed as a governance risk. [39039/26]

1349. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Health the current waiting times for cardiology services; the current number of persons on cardiology outpatient waiting lists, by hospital group; and the actions being taken to address these waiting times. [39386/26]

299. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the number of people currently awaiting a hip operation in the State; the number of operations undertaken weekly; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38254/26]

1068. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time to see a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at St. James's Hospital for a first appointment. [36898/26]

1217. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the number of people currently waiting to attend cancer genetics services by waiting time period (0-six months, six-12 months, 12-18 months, 18+ months) in St James's Hospital, in tabular form. [37668/26]

1218. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the number of people currently waiting to attend cancer genetics services by waiting time period (0-six months, six-12 months, 12-18 months, 18+ months) in CHI at Crumlin Hospital, in tabular form. [37669/26]

741. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the Department of Health has carried out any national analysis of the relationship between agency staffing expenditure and reductions in hospital waiting lists since the commencement of the multi-annual waiting list action plan approach in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36316/26]

779. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health her assessment of the reasons for the increase in outpatient waiting times in most hospitals since the start of 2025; the main factors contributing to the increase; the actions being taken to address the increase; the targets in place for the end of 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36463/26]

548. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health for an update on current waiting times for neurology services; the current number of persons on neurology outpatient waiting lists by hospital group; the actions being taken to address these waiting lists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33809/26]

549. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on neurology outpatient waiting lists; the average waiting time for an appointment; the actions being taken to reduce these waiting lists, by hospital, for each of the years 2020 to 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33810/26]

867. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for diagnostic imaging tests at the end of quarter 1 2025 and 2026, in tabular form. [32064/26]

969. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time from GP referral to SCAN assessment in 2025; and if she will provide the longest recorded waiting times by region. [32477/26]

450. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if surgery will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31667/26]

266. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health for an update on the case of a person (details supplied) who, having been referred in 2025 by their GP to University Hospital Limerick orthopaedics, has yet to receive an appointment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31054/26]

1174. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in providing a rehabilitation bed at St. Mary’s Mullingar for a person (details supplied); if she is aware that the person was recently transferred to the hospital only to be informed a bed was unavailable; the steps she will take to ensure an immediate transfer to the specialist rehabilitation unit in Mullingar to…

1208. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the current wait times for patients, across all counties, to get an initial endometriosis appointment with a consultant gynaecologist; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30254/26]

1209. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the steps her Department is taking to reduce long waiting lists for endometriosis patients to see a consultant gynaecologist; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30255/26]

1224. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health the reasons waiting times to be seen by the ENT department at the South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital have exceeded 18 months for non urgent patients; the number of patients currently on the ENT waiting list at that hospital; the number that have been waiting longer than 12 and 18 months respectively; and the actions being taken t…

559. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on current waiting lists for outpatient appointments, inpatient and day-case procedures, and diagnostic tests; the number of patients waiting longer than 6, 12, and 18 months for treatment; the measures being taken to reduce these waiting times, including any additional funding or staffing allocations; and if she will make…